The Boy on the Lawn — Sedonia Jacobs

Just before his sixteenth birthday, Michael's younger brother Stevie goes missing. Seconds was all it took for him to vanish when Michael's back was turned. Later, to Michael's relief, Stevie returns. Yet, he's kind of different. Michael puts aside his wonderings in favor of gratitude. But when other Asian boys in the area start to go missing, Michael is driven to find them. Armed with his homeschooling in crime-solving, including Sherlock Holmes, his relentless search leads him closer to a dangerous secret and a deadly dangerous opponent. Someone whose menace will unlock something in Michael he could never have expected. But not before he already begins to discover his own ability see beyond the ordinary world of what everyone else sees.Publisher's content warning: racism, off-page sexual abuse, family death and grief.